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Music Lesson Reviews from Students

Students are raving about their Music instructors on TakeLessons.
Check out some of these recent reviews.

Review by Devon Rice and Jeff Garcia

"Maureen keeps our child motivated

Our eleven-year-old child "J" has been taking violin lessons from Maureen for one year. J expected to pick up the violi

n and play right off the bat, but the most fundamental part of the process is learning to read the music. This was somewhat frustrating and disappointing to J at the time, but Maureen encouraged and reinforced the basics so that a solid foundation is established. She encourages regular practice time rather than demanding it, communicating to J that the reward to consistent practice is improvement. J feels great about the accomplishment. Self-discipline has been instilled through this process. We enjoy hearing the progression of skill level at practice time over the past year. The sound is lovely. J is allowed to choose music that J is interested in. While Maureen is pleasant and responds immediately to any scheduling communication with us - the parents - she is first and foremost J's teacher and communicates all homework to J (not us). J is becoming more independent and responsible through this journey, enjoying the instrument and appreciating the skill of accomplished musicians. Maureen has also helped J with vocal exercises for school performances, so she is a versatile instructor. J looks forward to going to the lessons with Maureen and is sad when there is an off week."

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San Francisco, CA teacher:
Maureen S.

Review by Seth

"Bobby is an excellent teacher.

My daughter is eight years old, and she has had an excellent experience with Bobby. He has a gift for being able to push h

er and correct her while encouraging her at the same time. She loves her weekly lessons."

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Dallas, TX teacher:
Robert M.

Review by Jeanette C.

"excellent

My daughter has been taking lessons with Ms Melodie for a few months now and my daughter loves working with her.My daughter looks foward to he

r class each week.Ms Melodie has a wonderful personality that works with my daughter, she has a great teaching environment, and she is very kind, my daughter loves having her for her singing teacher and hearing my daughter sing is beautiful.

Thank you to TAKE LESSONS and Ms Melodie for being a wonderful, patient and very talented singing teacher."

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Dallas, TX teacher:
Melodie B.

Review by Miguel

"A highly recommended professional colleague, performer and teacher

Martina is an incredibly talented professional violist and teacher. As a violinist and

former TakeLessons instructor, I know that Martina would be an excellent teacher for anyone seeking to learn the violin or viola. Having performed with her on many occasions in both chamber and orchestral settings, I know from personal experience that her technical ability is impressive. Furthermore, she is an incredibly warm person who can easily make a new student feel at home. I would be happy to give a more detailed recommendation for Martina upon request. She is a wonderful teacher and player and I cannot recommend her enough!"

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Chicago, IL teacher:
Martina S.

Review by Renee

"Excellent teacher!!!

My son has been taking guitar lessons from Peter for the past 6 months, and we are so impressed by his ability to not only teach the

guitar, but to build the lessons around the student, and create a passion to learn the instrument! His home is such a friendly atmospere every week and Peter is always so inviting and easy to connect with. We would recommend Peter C. to anyone with a desire to learn any instrument, and we are now starting lessons with Peter for our daughter as well."

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Phoenix, AZ teacher:
Peter C.

Review by James

"Great Vocal Coach

Melody is an amazing teacher and I enjoy our sessions every week!! Melody always tries to push me to improve myself and my singing voic

rogress that we continued the lessons via Skype. Learning the piano helped him improve in school and has become his favorite extracurricular activity. Jamila is very patient and she creates engaging lessons. Whenever we plan to visit family in Florida, we will definitely schedule a lesson since he miss his favorite teacher."

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Miami, FL teacher:
Jamila S.

Review by Yana

"great voice instructor

highly recommended, reliable, professional with good communication skills"

Philadelphia, PA teacher:
Michael C.

Review by Jessica

"Piano lessons for 2 young active boys

Tim is an extremely patient, calm and professional piano teacher. He has been teaching my 5 and 7 year old boys for

8 months now. They are not easy students- one is a total wiggle worm and the other has a speech/language delay. He handles the situation beautifully. The best part is that the boys are learning properly from the very basics- sitting at the piano, hand positioning, rhythm, reading music, and actually playing. We're using Alfred's basic course starting from pre-reading and beginner. HIghly recommend for a low-stress music teacher."

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San Antonio, TX teacher:
Tim K.

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Basic Chord Progressions
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